Greenpeace Luxembourg stages polar bear “die-in”

Greenpeace Luxembourg has joined a global campaign to save the Arctic by staging a polar bear “die-in” in the City centre.

09.08.2012

(CS) Greenpeace Luxembourg has joined a global campaign to save the Arctic by staging a polar bear “die-in” in the City centre.

Seven activists dressed as polar bears gathered on a fake iceberg next to the central post office in town. A black sludge spreading on the iceberg saw the polar bears die a tragic death.

Similar stunts are being carried out by Greenpeace across Europe. In cinemas, an advert featuring a polar bear searching through garbage and collapsing in a city park, is meant to raise awareness for the protection of the Arctic.

The campaign is especially directed against oil giant Shell and their Arctic oil drilling venture.

Some 1.2 million people so far have signed an online petition to declare the Arctic a global sanctuary, putting an end to oil drilling, industrial fishing and conflict.